A filthy rich businessman bets a corporate rival that he can live on the streets of L.A. without the comforts of home or money, which proves to be tougher than he thought.
Director:
Mel Brooks
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Mel Brooks | ... | Goddard Bolt | |
| Lesley Ann Warren | ... | Molly | |
| Jeffrey Tambor | ... | Vance Crasswell | |
| Stuart Pankin | ... | Pritchard | |
| Howard Morris | ... | Sailor | |
| Rudy De Luca | ... | J. Paul Getty | |
| Teddy Wilson | ... | Fumes | |
| Michael Ensign | ... | Knowles | |
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Matthew Faison | ... | Stevens |
| Billy Barty | ... | Willy | |
| Brian Thompson | ... | Mean Victor | |
| Raymond O'Connor | ... | Yo | |
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Carmine Caridi | ... | Flophouse Owner |
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Sammy Shore | ... | Reverend at Wedding |
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Frank Roman | ... | Spanish Interpreter |
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Storyline
A rich businessman makes a bet he can survive on the streets of a rough Los Angeles neighborhood for 30 days completely penniless. During his stay he discovers another side of life and falls in love with with a homeless woman. Written by John Sacksteder <jsackste@bellsouth.net>
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Country:
USARelease Date:
26 July 1991 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Budget:
$13,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$1,920,215, 28 July 1991, Wide ReleaseGross USA:
$4,102,526Company Credits
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Molly: [taps the shoebox that he's holding] He's in there...
Goddard Bolt: I know.
Goddard Bolt: [continues] Sailor, you were a little man, often covered with dirt and filth and... the last thing that you ate. But your heart was always good and clean. And I hope you get your final wish, and your ashes make it out to sea.
Goddard Bolt: Good luck!
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Words and Music by Cole Porter
© 1936 Chappell & Co. (Renewed)
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The first Mel Brooks film not to be a "genre spoof" since 1970s The Twelve Chairs (1970), a gap of around twenty-one years. See more »Quotes
Goddard Bolt: [Holding a shoebox full of Sailor's ashes; looks skyward as he starts giving a eulogy] Sailor, wherever you are...Molly: [taps the shoebox that he's holding] He's in there...
Goddard Bolt: I know.
Goddard Bolt: [continues] Sailor, you were a little man, often covered with dirt and filth and... the last thing that you ate. But your heart was always good and clean. And I hope you get your final wish, and your ashes make it out to sea.
Goddard Bolt: Good luck!
[...]
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Featured in Siskel & Ebert: V.I. Warshawski/Trust/Life Stinks/Mobsters/Slacker (1991) See more »Soundtracks
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© 1936 Chappell & Co. (Renewed)
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I guess as we all get older, we feel the need to be more enlightened socially, and that's what this movie's all about. Take a rich man, throw him on the streets for 30 days, and a little backstabbing and you get a movie.
This movie, while not on par with most of Mel's previous ambitions, is a nice movie. Leslie Ann Warren is pleasing as the bag lady. I enjoyed it, but it's not like Mel Brook's other movies. That's where most criticism comes in. If anyone else made this movie, I think it would of recieved a lot more praise.
That's not to say Mel made no mistakes. Some of the scenes are downright dumb and make no real sense other than trying to make a joke. Then again, I think you can say that about almost every other movie too.
I think most people could enjoy this movie on some level if they forget it's a Mel Brooks project, which is hard since he stars in it.